SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Engineering Services
- Notice Date
- 1/16/2003
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- Coastal Systems Station, 6703 West Highway 98, Panama City, FL
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- N6133103R0018
- Archive Date
- 4/30/2003
- Point of Contact
- Mark Ross (850) 235-5624 Contracting Officer, Carol Dreger, (850) 234-4863
- E-Mail Address
-
Email your questions to Contract Specialist Mark Ross
(rossmp@ncsc.navy.mil)
- Description
- SYNOPSIS OF REQUIREMENT FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES IN SUPPORT OF THE INTEGRATION OF AIRBORNE MINE COUNTERMEASURES SYSTEMS WITH VARIOUS COMMAND, CONTROL, COMMUNICATIONS, COMPUTERS, INTELLIGENCE, SURVEILLANCE, AND RECONNAISSANCE (C4ISR) SYSTEMS The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Coastal Systems Station, Panama City, Florida (NSWCDDCSS), intends to award a sole-source Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) type contract to Northrop Grumman Corporation, Melbourne FL for engineering services in support of the integration of airborne mine countermeasures systems currently under development with existing or potential future C4ISR systems for the purposes of developing real-time or near real-time data transfer and post mission effectiveness analyses. The Airborne Mine Defense Program Office (PMS-210) is managing multiple Organic Airborne Mine Counter Measur es (OAMCM) sensors for the next generation of mine warfare systems. Northrop Grumman is the prime contractor for Airborne Laser Mine Detection System (ALMDS), Rapid Airborne Mine Clearance System (RAMICS), and Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance and Analysis (COBRA), three of these programs. ALMDS is also the lead program to set the standards and common C4I, Tactics, Mission Planning, and Post Mission Analysis (CTMP) architecture for Initial Operating Capability (IOC) planned for CY05. In this context the IDIQ contract with Northrop Grumman is being established for C4I, Tactics, Mission Planning, and Post Mission Analysis (CTMP). This effort will establish the overall framework for all OAMCM systems to fit under as a common approach to Operational Integration and Fleet Delivery. NSWCDDCSS is the contracting agent for ALMDS and will serve in this capacity for the CTMP commo n OAMCM tasking. The purpose of this effort is to ensure the integration and interoperability of the ALMDS, the RAMICS and the COBRA system. This acquisition is unsuitable for full and open competition for the following reasons. Northrop Grumman Corporation is the sole designer and developer of the ALMDS, RAMICS, and COBRA systems. The required detailed knowledge of these system designs and the ability to determine the C4ISR integration requirements for these systems is solely resident at Northrop Grumman. Therefore Northrop Grumman is the only source possessing the expertise, technical data, equipment, and experienced personnel necessary to perform the required engineering studies and interface requirement definition analysis required for the integration of the AMCM suite of sensors and existing and potential fleet C4ISR systems. Thus, this acquisition is for continued provis ion of highly specialized services within the meaning of FAR 6.302-1(a)(2)(iii). Northrop Grumman has spent over three years developing the ALMDS, over a year developing COBRA and six months in developing RAMICS and is the only source with the prerequisite knowledge of what it will take to integrate these systems with outside C4ISR systems. Only Northrop Grumman has the unique knowledge base and the experienced personnel necessary to successfully conduct the work.
- Web Link
-
Coastal Systems Station Contracts Table of Synopses
(http://www.ncsc.navy.mil/contracts/Ztables/syntable.htm)
- Record
- SN00240697-W 20030118/030116213811 (fbodaily.com)
- Source
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